Claude Léopold Genneté - Nouvelle construction de cheminées - 1760

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Claude Léopold Genneté’s Nouvelle construction de cheminées, a 1760 French-language, one-volume work in small octavo (17 x 9.5 cm) with 144 pages and 13 copper-engraved folding plates, bound in tobacco calf, in good condition and published in Liège by Desoer.

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Genneté (Claude Léopold)

New chimney construction that guarantees fire and smoke resistance against winds, sun, rain, and other causes that cause ordinary chimneys to smoke.

Liège, at Desoer's, 1760.

1 volume small octavo (17 x 9.5 cm), havana brown calfskin (period binding), decorated spine with raised bands, title pieces in morocco, red edges, xxvii-28-142-[2] pages (complete).
Default defects include missing head covering, rounded corners; all the latest.
Few and some brownish pages. Good overall condition.

Illustrated with 13 fold-out copper-engraved plates.

Second enlarged edition of this treatise by Claude Léopold Genneté, a physicist and fumiste of the Emperor of Germany in the 18th century. He became known for useful inventions. He aimed to solve the problem of a chimney that did not smoke and conducted numerous experiments, even studying the mechanism of air circulation in the coal mines of the Liège region. It was not enough for him to find ways to prevent smoke; he also wanted to give his chimneys other advantages, such as the ability to smother fires when they start, to ignite them quickly, to retain heat, and so on...

Pleasant specimen.

Genneté (Claude Léopold)

New chimney construction that guarantees fire and smoke resistance against winds, sun, rain, and other causes that cause ordinary chimneys to smoke.

Liège, at Desoer's, 1760.

1 volume small octavo (17 x 9.5 cm), havana brown calfskin (period binding), decorated spine with raised bands, title pieces in morocco, red edges, xxvii-28-142-[2] pages (complete).
Default defects include missing head covering, rounded corners; all the latest.
Few and some brownish pages. Good overall condition.

Illustrated with 13 fold-out copper-engraved plates.

Second enlarged edition of this treatise by Claude Léopold Genneté, a physicist and fumiste of the Emperor of Germany in the 18th century. He became known for useful inventions. He aimed to solve the problem of a chimney that did not smoke and conducted numerous experiments, even studying the mechanism of air circulation in the coal mines of the Liège region. It was not enough for him to find ways to prevent smoke; he also wanted to give his chimneys other advantages, such as the ability to smother fires when they start, to ignite them quickly, to retain heat, and so on...

Pleasant specimen.

Details

Number of Books
1
Subject
Physics, Science
Book Title
Nouvelle construction de cheminées
Author/ Illustrator
Claude Léopold Genneté
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1760
Height
17 cm
Edition
Other edition
Width
9.5 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Extras
Fold out maps or plates
Number of pages
144
FranceVerified
264
Objects sold
100%
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